Tarot Tells All

CHAPTER 6

Kayla sat in silence as she starred at each little picture intently, she liked her work and wanted to do a good job while she was at it, regardless of what happened earlier. She would have her chance to investigate the vampires, she had time.

Her eyes grew wide as she felt the cold hand on her shoulder, it was a different kind of cold, not like Mark's touch. Kayla jumped in surprise, and turned around, the dark hair vampire smiled at the woman, showing her teeth as she grinned.

Kayla stood back as she moved slithered like as she sat on the edge of the desk, looking at the pictures on the screen before her. She moved those crystal eyes from Kay's aware gaze down to the screen and brought them back up with a smile, the tips of her fangs quite visible against her blood red lips.

"Witch?" She asked in a low sultry voice.

Kayla nodded, "Vampire?"

Ariel nodded, "Are you friend or foe?"

Kayla thought for a moment, this vampire wasn't scared at all, in fact she was quite brave just walking in here, but Kayla was the one who was off guard. She had a bad habit of doing that, it sometimes drove Mark crazy with worry if he wasn't with her.

"I am just here to take pictures for the magazine, that's all." Kayla wasn't lying, at least for the moment.

"My man dose not like your presence near us, I bring you fare warning of his dominance of terrain."

"Yeah well…I think this place would constitute as a neutral territory, don't you? All branches work out of this building. And there's nothing he can really do to me if he doesn't want to get discovered, but I get the feeling you don't feel the same." Kay crossed her arms as she smiled, the vampire showed no signs of a threat.

Ariel sat in a non threaten posture, Kay knew that she was here for more than just to warn her. There was something she had never felt from the vampire before, this one had the third eye, a seer's gift. This Ariel seemed to have a gift that was very witch like, Kayla had seen it from other witches who were able to read the future and gain glimpses of things to come.

"Why are you here without him?" Kayla grinned.

"My path had crossed with your people a long time gone, one who was so gifted in the third eye taught me to read the tarot. They have never told me wrong, the witch said that I was gifted for a vampire. She was kind to me were others wanted me back in the grave, I have a great fondness for that woman. I was anxious to talk to one of your kind again. I found them, fascinating."

'That's the first time I've heard of a witch and a vampire hanging out, you must have been gifted before you were turned." Kay said as she moved a little closer to the vampire, she didn't feel like a threat anymore.

"I remember not when I walked as the living, perhaps it is too far gone from my memories, but the witch I remember, a kind woman with dark eyes. Your face had brought back her memory, your eyes are like hers." Ariel tried to look into her eyes but Kay kept them just off from her sight, she wasn't going to take chances.

"If your boyfriend doesn't like me, you think he's going to wonder where you are?" Kayla asked, she guessed that Kevin was her Shire, the one who turned her.

"He is the one who commanded me to spy your where about, I do not see a threat at this moment, are you?"

"Not sure yet, you'll have to give me a few days to think about it." Kay looked at her watch, "You better get out of here, my brother's going to be here soon and I have to get these pictures downloaded into the main frame."

"You fear your brother?" Ariel asked as she slid off the desk and sulked slowly towards the door.

"No, not scared of him, but what he could tell my boyfriend if he found us together." Kay said as she grabbed her lap top and began to upload the files.

"You have a master as well?"

The witch laughed, "No, trust me, he's no master, but he can cause a lot of grief."

"We may be more similar than I first believed…" She left the room, Kay sighed a breath of relief.

At least the female wasn't a danger, but the male could be. It would be nothing for Kay to summon a few slayers to come into the area, they would make short work of the vampires. But that cursed curiosity seemed to always get the better of her though, she would like to learn more from Ariel about their kind.

"Hey hey…" Dave smiled as he walked into the room, dressed back in his street clothes, "how's it going?"

"I just finished." Kay replied as she closed her lap top and put it back in its bag, "Ready for dinner?"

"Yeah, and I talked with Shane, you're hired."

"Great!" Kayla grabbed her bags and coat and grinned at Dave.

"Ok, now I know you're hiding something…" Dave starred at her with the same smile.

"I'm not hiding anything…"

"Oh yes you are…I know you too well, Kay. What are you after in ECW?"

"What makes you think I'm after something in ECW?"

"Why else would you want to work there? You came on as a photographer to track down the Undertaker, and now you're back with us again, for what this time?" Dave crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Ok, but you can't tell Mark anything!" Kayla got excited.

"If you don't want me to tell him something, it has to be bad!"

"It's not bad, I'm just investigating two vampires in ECW…"

"VAMPIRES?!" Dave looked at her in shock, "What the fuck are you going with Vampires?" He stood for a moment and thought, "There are vampires here on earth?"

"Yeah, there's lots infact. Our kind has been hunting them down for so long, I was just wondering what they were doing in the open in ECW. Vampires don't just come out for fan appreciation night, if you get my meaning." Kay grinned.

"I thought you were after objects of power, not chasing after vampires. Should I call you Buffy? You're starting to remind me of her, and that's including the dead boyfriend."

"Call me that again and I'll turn you into a toad!" Kayla replied, more as a joke and not a real threat, "I am so not like Buffy…maybe a little like Willow…"

"Anyways, I've got reservations at the restaurant down the street, Chris and Bobby are going to be there tonight.

"Oh yeah?" There goes her plan of telling Dave that she was moving in with the Undertaker and his insane brother.

At least she could postpone it for another night, she didn't know how Dave would react to her leaving the house. The Animal still didn't trust the Deadman and was just waiting for Mark to mess things up, Dave felt he knew better for Kay, at least when it came down to the Deadman.

"Come on, I have a limo waiting outside." Dave extended his arm to his sister.

"Ooh…a Limo…we're special." Kay grinned as she took his arm.

The two left the room and walked out of the building, Kay could feel her eyes on her again. She turned around and could see the two little red dots that were looking back at her from the darkness of the building.

"What's that?" She heard Dave asked as the limo pulled up.

"Nothing…" Kay replied as Dave opened the door for her.

Kay took another look at the darkness just beside the building, the eyes were gone, but she knew they would be back.

To be continued.